Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Roseanne nodded, "Then I'll see what I can do to help track it down."

Mamie raised an eyebrow. "And what about me?"

"You're in charge of the finances."

That very day, Roseanne and Scales each transferred $840,000 into Mamie's account.

Ah, the sweet, sweet feeling of having money.

Munching on cookies, Mamie stroked her bank card with a grin. Sure, she came from a wealthy family, but boy, did she love money!

Just like her dear old Grandpa Duke, she was forever bowing to the almighty dollar, hehe!

Following the lead, Roseanne found that CPRT's local distributor was a start-up called "EchoVerse Systems."

Digging deeper, the major shareholder turned out to be someone named Vinson.

Continuing her search under Vinson's business ventures, she stumbled upon a familiar name

Cliff.

"Hey, Roseanne, how's it going?"

"Not bad. You?"

me started. Took a nasty fall a while back, broke my leg, and have been stuck in the

know me, always

Damn!

to the doctors, take it easy. You don't want to rush things and end up with complications." "Yeah, yeah, I get it. So, what's up? You

Roseanne explained her situation.

All I know about is

Roseanne clarified, "It's a dynamic measurement instrument, typically used in biological research." "That company you

"EchoVerse Systems."

especially those in the early stages. But it's not really my field, so I mostly

1.n

right, this Vinson was part of a venture I had with York Gibson. I just put in the money and stayed out of the decision-making and management, so I've never actually met their CEO. But York's big into tech innovation, and he's heavily invested in that company. He'd have more info thanol do. You might want to give

care and get well

on, we're practically family. No need

smirk, Roseanne ended the call and immediately

up quickly, the background noise much quieter

was daytime.

"Mr. Gibson."

formal with

"Anne" nearly

"Let's... keep things professional."

be a stranger. I mean, I'm

your ex's buddy

friend's current